Rockstar San Diego

It may not be the most seasonal thing to do, but I spent the holiday season killing zombies. While most people were opening presents and carousing with new toys, I shotgunned and blew up countless walking corpses who all wanted to eat my brains. I survived both Dead Nation and the Red Dead Redemption expansion pack Undead Nightmare, and here is what I learned:

1. If there was ever a zombie apocalypse, the gamers would survive. How do I know this? Well, they’ve been training in virtual ones for years. Dead Nation trained me to read the terrain and figure out how best to use it. You never fight zombies out in the open. You funnel them in narrow corridors and blast away with a backup plan for a quick exit if they start to overwhelm you. Undead Nightmare teaches you to climb the nearest structure, get on the roof and blast the undead until there are none left. Of course, the best zombie survival instruction manual is still the Left 4 Deadseries. It teaches all these techniques but in a group setting so you get the benefit of squad tactics, too.